Daily Archives: May 16, 2008

Way to be on top of it, Ed

KTRK’s Ted Oberg advances the ball on the Big Sheriff Is Watching You story. It’s no surprise that when Sheriff Thomas was sued, the county’s lawyers wanted to know who was suing. That’s pretty standard in any lawsuit. To do … Continue reading Continue reading

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Business tax turmoil

Not too surprisingly, small businesses are complaining about the new margins tax even though it still hasn’t been officially collected yet. Small businesses launched a fresh push to change the revamped franchise tax Thursday, saying they’re facing huge increases that … Continue reading Continue reading

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Astrodome lease in the works

We may finally have an agreement for what to do with the Astrodome. Entrepreneurs seeking to reinvent the Astrodome as an upscale convention hotel have reached a proposed lease agreement with the Harris County Sports and Convention Corp., county officials … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | 2 Comments

Name one, John!

Seems to me if you’re going to go on the record to condemn a bill for containing pork-barrel provisions, you ought to be able to name at least one such provision in said bill if asked to do so. You … Continue reading Continue reading

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Lose that highway

Imagine if instead of building more highways we got rid of some of them, or at least relocated them. Oklahoma has a radical solution for repairing the state’s busiest highway. Tear it down. Build a park. The aging Crosstown Expressway … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 1 Comment

The Rosenthal investigation

After being rebuffed by interim DA Ken Magidson on the existence and/or status of an investigation into Chuck Rosenthal’s email activities while he was in office, Rick Casey turns to the feds Attorney General’s office and finds them much more … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Crime and Punishment | 3 Comments

The top ten science hoaxes

Another top ten list, though I don’t feel as strongly about this one’s contents. It feels a bit too oriented towards modern phenomena, as such lists often are, but I’d have to do a little research before I could do … Continue reading Continue reading

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